Cultural Heroes and One-of-a-Kinds: Saluting Sam Phillips.
Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips. He is revered as one of the leading catalysts in post WW II American music. As a record producer in the 1950s and 60s his recordings launched the careers of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis and that’s just to name a few. Phillips is now in his 70s. (REBROADCAST from 9/15/97)
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